Iranian filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani discusses making a film about Iranian freedom fighters in exile, finishing it as bombs fell and winning Cannes' top documentary prize.

For Iranian filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani, making her documentary "Rehearsals for a Revolution," which blends her personal history with that of her

For women in Iran, life changed dramatically after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The new Islamic Republic of Iran enforced compulsory veiling, legalised polygamy, severely restricted women’s rights to divorce and child custody,

The feature film debut from Iranian-French director Mahsa Karampour about her and her brother, a former member of indie rock band The Yellow Dogs, follows the journey of the search for a familial bond.

In the wake of winning the top documentary prize at Cannes, director Pegah Ahangarani‘s Rehearsals for a Revolution has been scooped up by Sony Pictures Classics. SPC took rights in North America,

Iranian film director Mahnaz Mohammadi poses next to the poster of her film "Roya" on April 29, 2026 at a cinema in Berlin, before the preview screening of the movie, during an interview with AFP. Already shown at the Berlinale film festival 2026 in the ...

Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig captures Iran’s 2022 uprising through one loyalist family’s collapse. A vital film to watch now in the context of the war.

In Rome on the evening of April 4, as Iran was being pounded by U.S. and Israeli missiles, a large crowd celebrated the Persian new year in the Eternal City’s Alcazar club dancing to Middle East beats, including vintage Iranian tracks by iconic pop star ...

Iran highlights Minab school strike at Cannes, Farabi Cinematic Foundation showcases memorial and seeks joint films on martyred students to keep focus on attack